It may look like Apple’s new Mac Pro 2013, but the D-Link Gaming Router DGL-5500 is actually hoping to hook up with the potent workstation, not to mention anything else supporting WiFi 802.11ac. Revealed at CES back in January, and now priced and dated for store shelves, the DGL-5500 is expected to go on sale
Pioneer has outed its latest Blu-ray deck, the BDP-160, seemingly targeted at those torn between high-res physical media and the convenience of digital downloads. The WiFi-toting player supports not only Full HD Blu-ray playback, but uses WiFi Direct to stream content from a smartphone, tablet, or laptop, including support for YouTube’s “Send to TV” function
On May 24, we reported on a tip that Google plans to launch wireless Internet service in emerging markets that have little or no access to the Internet. While the leaked details were extensive, one bit stuck out among the rest: the use of balloons to transmit signals over long distances. At least that aspect
If you go deep inside the desert or climb a mountain or find yourself in the South Pole or a remote farm or any place that can be considered ‘the middle of no where’, guess what? You have no internet. Well, Wired is reporting that Google wants to change all that by sending high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere to give the world Wi-Fi. Whoa.
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Sony’s Cyber-shot RX100 wasn’t short on fans, and the new RX100 MkII looks set to build on that reputation, with the first details of the sequel cropping up in the wild. It seems Sony’s engineers couldn’t resist a little tinkering, according to the manual leaks shared by Sony Alpha Rumors, with a new tilting display
Starting today, San Francisco residents will have something else to brag about besides their quality of life and hosting tech extravaganzas: free WiFi. The silicon valley hub joins New York and parts of France in receiving the service from provider GOWEX, which is now live in districts like Union Square and Marina thanks to 450 smart WiFi zones. As with the Big Apple, residents and tourists will see download speeds up to 1Mbps, while GOWEX will see dollars from carriers (via network offloading) and advertisers in return. To use it, you’ll need to download the free iOS or Android apps from their respective stores — which we might just do ourselves, considering a certain little developer’s conference in town at the moment.
iFixit has a tradition of tearing apart Apple gadgets (and many others) as soon as they’re on sale, and it’s maintaining that custom with a fresh peek at the 2013 edition of the 13-inch MacBook Air. This isn’t a repeat of last year’s by-the-book affair, however — there’s a few minor surprises in store. We now know that Apple is bolstering the efficiency of Intel’s Haswell chips with a larger 7,150mAh battery pack, and that Broadcom makes the 802.11ac WiFi chip. The solid-state drive inside also represents a major rethink: while we’ve heard that Apple has switched the drive’s interface from pokey SATA to PCI Express, we can see that the SSD itself has shrunk dramatically since 2012. iFixit is still down on the Air’s repairability and scores it four out of ten, but those who’ve wanted to answer a few of Apple’s more recent riddles will still want to check out the full examination at the source.
Filed under: Laptops, Apple, Samsung
Via: iFixit (Twitter), 9to5 Mac
Source: iFixit
iPhones and iPads running Apple’s new iOS 7 later this year may be able to roam more easily between WiFi hotspots, thanks to quietly added support for Hotspot 2.0. The feature, confirmed among the new functionality in iOS 7 that Apple didn’t have sufficient keynote time to detail yesterday, builds on the Wi-Fi Alliance’s “Certified
Apple has revealed a brace of new networking equipment, with a completely redesigned AirPort Extreme and a matching Time Capsule. The new wireless connectivity kit has been entirely reworked from the short, squat, white boxes of today, now taking the form of tall, extruded aluminum columns. Those blocks measure in at 4.5 x 4.5 inches
After showing off its USB OTG accessories and NFC flash drive, PQI decided to tease us with its unannounced Power Drive that was sat quietly in a corner at Computex. Much like the Air Pen launched last November, this upcoming device acts as a portable wireless access point with storage expansion, meaning you can share an RJ45 network connection and your files over WiFi. But what’s new is that not only is the RJ45 port collapsible to reduce device thickness, there’s now also a standard SD card slot in addition to the old microSD slot. Better yet, as the name suggests, the Power Drive can also be used as a USB power bank to charge up other devices, making this PQI’s most versatile WiFi product yet. Alas, details are light on the specs, so stay tuned for its announcement at some point in Q4 this year.
Filed under: Peripherals, Wireless, Storage
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